The Gift of the Magpie – Small Blessings

This is the story of how we begin to remember This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein After the dream of falling and calling your name out These are the roots of rhythm And the roots of rhythm remain Paul Simon, Under African Skies The wind was cold and blowing from the…

The Life that Sustains Us – Flying on the Wings of Pollinators

(Previously published in the The People’s Vanguard of Davis on 8/25/2015) “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left”. This quote is often attributed to Albert Einstein and while there is scant evidence that he did indeed say this, there is, according to…

Say it Out Loud

Aldo Leopold said, “We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” And he was right.